主谓一致 英语语法总结ppt课件

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Thirty miles seems like a long walk to me.
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3.2 The principle of Notional Concord
The verb can agree with the subject according to the notion of number in spite
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“With costs being significantly less than they were several years ago, the economics are pretty good,” says George Kadane, head of the company.
Please note:
Marbles ____ (be) of different colors and materials. Darts ____ (be) thrown to the target.
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4.2 subject names ending in –ics
They are generally treated as singular since they refer to one single subject.
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3.1 The principle of Grammatical Concord
If the subject is plural, the verb should take the plural form. If the subject is singular or a mass noun, the verb should take the singular form.
economincs = profits
of the actual form of the subject.
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If the reference of the subject is singular, the verb takes the singular form. If the reference of subject is plural, the verb takes the plural form.
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4.1 disease and game names ending in -s
They are generally treated as singular since they refer to one single disease
or game.
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3.3 the principle of proximity
the verb agrees with a preceding noun phrase which is closest to it, instead of agreeing with the head of the noun phrase
that functions as the subject
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❖Either he or I am going. ❖No one except the two girls were crying. ❖One out of five students have passed the exam.
What is “subject-verb concord”?
the agreement between subject and predicate verb in terms of number
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3. three guiding principles
• Grammatical Concord 语法一致原则 • Notional Concord 意义一致原则 • Principle of Proximity 就近原则
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❖It was eleven o'clock before the family were all in bed.
❖All was contrary to her expectation.
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The team ___h_a_v_e____ had their dinner.
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Please note that
the principle of grammatical concord is the basic principle, esp. in written English.
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4. Some Pitfalls
problems of concord with nouns ending in –s
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“One of them who were so much after dancing with you yesterday,” she presently suggested.
--Thomas Hardy
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
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The form of the subject: grammatical concord
The meaning of the subject: notional concord
The distance between the head and the verb: proximity
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Fifty dollars ____i_s_____ a large sum of money for such a poor man like me.
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It is futile to discuss the matter further, because neither you nor I am going to agree upon anything today.